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We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for

We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts. – Harold MacMillan

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At home, you always have to be a politician when youre abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman. – Harold MacMillan

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A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesnt feel like it. – Alistair Cooke

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What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and its charming. – Edgar Degas

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Whats an expert? I read somewhere, that the more a man knows, the more he knows, he doesnt know. So I suppose one definition of an expert would be someone who doesnt admit out loud that he knows enough about a subject to know he doesnt really know how much. – Malcolm Stevenson Forbes

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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, theres a layer of people who run everything. But we –were just peasants. We dont understand whats going on, and we cant do anything. – Doris Lessing

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